| Tomorowo Taguchi 田口 トモロヲ | |
| Birth Name: | [1] |
| Birth Date: | 30 November 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Musashino, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation: | Actor, narrator |
| Yearsactive: | - present |
is a Japanese actor, film director and musician.
After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan (based on the book by Yasutaka Tsutsui) in 1982. He was also a prominent cult musician in the Tokyo underground scene with his band Bachikaburi in the 1980s and early 1990s.
He is probably most well known to the West as the lead actor in Tetsuo and Tetsuo II directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. He also makes regular appearances in Takashi Miike's films. He became known to the Japanese public as a narrator for the TV documentary series Project X - Challengers which aired between 2000 and 2005 on NHK. Taguchi has directed 3 films, Iden & Tity in 2003, Shikisoku Generation in 2009, and Piece of Cake in 2015.[2]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Taniguchi Tomoo | First starring role (credited as Man) | ||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1993 | Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? | |||
| 1995 | Tokyo Fist | Tattoo Master | ||
| Love Letter | Female Itsuki's father | |||
| Shinjuku Triad Society | Wang | |||
| 1996 | Subway Driver | |||
| Swallowtail Butterfly | ||||
| Makai Tensho | ||||
| Non-Stop | [3] | |||
| 1997 | The Eel | Eiji Dojima | ||
| Rainy Dog | ||||
| Full Metal Yakuza | Genpaku Hiraga | |||
| 1998 | Andromedia | Gōda | ||
| Bullet Ballet | ||||
| Dr. Akagi | Nosaka | |||
| 1999 | Tomie | Detective Harada | ||
| Dead or Alive | ||||
| Gemini | Middle-aged Patient | |||
| Taboo | Tojiro Yuzawa | |||
| Ley Lines | Chan | |||
| 2000 | Keizoku | |||
| 2002 | Doing Time | |||
| Aiki | Saburo Ishikawa | |||
| 11'9"01 September 11 | ||||
| 2003 | Owl | |||
| 2003 | A Snake of June | |||
| 2005 | Strange Circus | Taeko's Editor | ||
| It's Only Talk | K | |||
| Spring Snow | Yamada | |||
| Einstein Girl | ||||
| 2006 | Sway | Judge | ||
| Gamera the Brave | ||||
| God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand | Koichiro Kubota | |||
| Akihabara@Deep | ||||
| 2007 | Kamen Rider The Next | Scissors Jaguar | ||
| Mailman | ||||
| Like a Dragon | Korean-Japanese barbershop owner | |||
| 2008 | Climber's High | |||
| 2009 | April Bride | Okuno | ||
| Long Haired Monster Gehara | Daikaiju eiga | |||
| 2010 | Cameo appearance | |||
| 2011 | Gantz | Yoshikazu Suzuki | ||
| Household X | ||||
| 2013 | Kamen Rider Wizard | Amadum | Guest appearance | |
| 2014 | Kabukicho Love Hotel | |||
| 2015 | Piece of Cake | Director | [4] | |
| 2017 | P and JK | Yamamoto | ||
| Cat Collector's House | Asakusa | |||
| 2018 | The Blood of Wolves | |||
| Life in Overtime | ||||
| 2019 | Parallel World Love Story | |||
| Violence Voyager | Koike (voice) | |||
| Blind | ||||
| 2020 | Fukushima 50 | |||
| Fancy | ||||
| Masao's father | |||
| Midnight Swan | ||||
| 2021 | The Door into Summer | Professor Junnosuke Toi | [5] | |
| The Supporting Actors: The Movie | Himself | [6] | ||
| 2022 | You've Got a Friend | [7] | ||
| Love Life | Makoto | [8] | ||
| 2024 | Dare to Stop Us 2 | [9] | ||
| Aimitagai | Yūsaku | [10] | ||
| 2025 | Warau Mushi | [11] | ||
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Mōri Motonari | Ashikaga Yoshitane | Taiga drama | |
| 2017–21 | The Supporting Actors | Himself | 3 seasons | |
| 2019 | Idaten | Nobuhiko Kakanakuri | Taiga drama | [12] |
| 2023 | Sanctuary | Tokitsu | [13] | |
| 2024 | House of Ninjas | Jin Hamashima | [14] | |